US3977618A - Apparatus for automatically connecting the sheet material of one roll to sheet material of another roll - Google Patents

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US3977618A
US3977618A US05/447,334 US44733474A US3977618A US 3977618 A US3977618 A US 3977618A US 44733474 A US44733474 A US 44733474A US 3977618 A US3977618 A US 3977618A
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Yasuhiro Kojima
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1805—Flying splicing, i.e. the expiring web moving during splicing contact
    • B65H19/181—Flying splicing, i.e. the expiring web moving during splicing contact taking place on the replacement roll
    • B65H19/1821—Flying splicing, i.e. the expiring web moving during splicing contact taking place on the replacement roll the replacement web being accelerated or running prior to splicing contact
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H19/00—Changing the web roll
    • B65H19/10—Changing the web roll in unwinding mechanisms or in connection with unwinding operations
    • B65H19/18—Attaching, e.g. pasting, the replacement web to the expiring web
    • B65H19/1884—Details for effecting a positive rotation of web roll, e.g. accelerating the replacement roll
    • B65H19/1894—Details for effecting a positive rotation of web roll, e.g. accelerating the replacement roll the replacement web being accelerated through contact with the expiring web
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65H—HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES
    • B65H2408/00—Specific machines
    • B65H2408/20—Specific machines for handling web(s)
    • B65H2408/24—Specific machines for handling web(s) unwinding machines
    • B65H2408/241—Turret
    • B65H2408/2411—Turret with protruding guiding roll or surface between unwound rolls on mobile assembly

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  • the present invention relates to the feeding of sheet material such as paper.
  • the present invention is particularly appplicable to the feeding of paper in a machine which supplies corrugated paper.
  • the sheet material is derived from rolls of the sheet material, with the sheet material being unwound from the rolls during the feeding of the sheet material.
  • the sheet material is derived from rolls of the sheet material, with the sheet material being unwound from the rolls during the feeding of the sheet material.
  • This termination or reduction in the speed with which the sheet material is fed may result in a loss of quality in the final product.
  • This latter fault is likely to be encountered particularly with products which are dried, as is the case with corrugated paper, inasmuch as the slowing down of the operations easily results in over-drying of the product.
  • Elimination of problems of the above type is particularly important in view of the fact that in recent times the production speed in the manufacture of material such as corrugated paper has been greatly increased, and thus it is essential to avoid the above problems in order to be able to achieve a uniform standardized product of high quality.
  • the first roll when the supply of sheet material from a first roll at a given location is about to be terminated the first roll is displaced away from the latter location while a second roll is simultaneously moved to the latter location, without any interruption in the issue of sheet material from the first roll. Then the web from the first roll is pressed against the second roll while the latter is simultaneously rotated without any slip between the second roll and the web from the first roll.
  • the above operations are brought about by way of a frame means supported for swinging movement about an axis situated between the axes of the first and second rolls which are carried by the frame means, the first roll being in a feeding position while the sheet material is unwound therefrom and the second roll being located in readiness to occupy the feeding position.
  • the frame means is swung the first roll is displaced away from the feed position while the second roll is moved to the feed position.
  • a combined pressing and rotating means then presses the web from the first roll against the second roll and rotates the latter without any slip between the rotating second roll and the web issuing from the first roll.
  • An attaching means is operatively connected with the combined pressing and rotating means to attach the outermost layer of the second roll to the web issuing from the first roll so that now sheet material starts to be unwound from the second roll.
  • a cutting means is operatively connected to the combined pressing and rotating means to cut across the web issuing from the first roll after attachment of the latter web to the outermost layer from the second roll, so that in this way the feeding will continue from the second roll and terminate from the first roll.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic side elevation of an apparatus according to the invention for carrying out the method of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation, taken in a plane which is transverse with respect to FIG. 1, showing a stand provided with structure for connecting a web from one roll to the web of another roll;
  • FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation showing the structure of FIG. 2 in a schematic manner and taken along line III--III of FIG. 2 in the direction of the arrows;
  • FIG. 4A diagrammatically represents the structure in a position for changing a new roll for a roll which is almost exhausted
  • FIG. 4B shows the position which the parts of FIG. 4A taken when a roll-carrying frame is swung in a clockwise direction;
  • FIG. 4C shows the position which the parts of FIG. 4A take when the roll-carrying frame is swung in a counterclockwise direction
  • FIGS. 5A-5D respectively illustrate the different possible positions of rolls with differently situated front and rear surfaces on the sheet material
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic representation of the cooperation between a new roll and a pair of driving rolls.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic representation of a structure for automatically limiting the turning of the roll-carrying frame.
  • a sheet-material supply unit 1 in the form of a suitable stand which includes a swingable frame means 3 which supports for free rotary movement in the position of the parts shown in FIG. 1 an almost exhausted roll Pa of sheet material such as paper and a fresh new roll Pb from which the web is to be withdrawn in order to continue the feed of sheet material without interruption when changing from the roll Pa to the roll Pb.
  • the frame means 3 includes a pair of side plates 2 supported for swinging movement on a horizontal shaft 7 which forms part of a support means which includes a suitable stand or base 4 which carries the shaft 7 on which the side plates 2 are supported for free swinging movement.
  • the plates 2 can swing around the horizontal axis of the shaft 7 and are suitably spaced from each other by transversely extending rods or the like so that the space between the plates 2 is large enough to accommodate the sheet-material rolls Pa and Pb.
  • a connecting unit 6 for connecting the trailing end of the sheet material from the almost exhausted roll to the leading end of the sheet material from the new roll is shown in FIG. 1 to the left of the unit 1.
  • the unit 6 includes a stationary frame 18 which also forms part of the support means for the structure of the invention, this frame 18 having a pair of opposed upright beams and a horizontal beam extending across and connected between the horizontal beam extending across and connected between the tops of the upright beams, as is apparent from FIG. 2.
  • the frame 18 of the support means is shown schematically in FIG. 1. As is indicated in FIG.
  • the part 18 of the support means swingably supports an upper combined pressing and rotating means which includes a pair of swingable arms or levers 5a and a pair of pressing and driving rolls 29a as well as a lower combined pressing or rotating means which includes a pair of lower arms or levers 5b and a pair of lower pressing and driving rolls 29b.
  • the upper combined pressing and rotating means is swingable from the almost upright position shown in FIG. 1 in a clockwise direction to the illustrated operating position where the rolls 29a press the web which still issues from the almost exhausted roll Pa against the new supply roll Pb, and in the same way the lower combined pressing and rotating means is swingable from the rest position where it extends almost vertically in a counterclockwise direction to the illustrated operating position where the rolls 29b are shown in engagement with the supply roll Pb.
  • the pair of side plates 2 of the swingable frame means 3 each fixedly carry extension 8a, 9a, 8b, and 9b, arranged as illustrated, and these extensions project into the space between the first roll Pa and second roll Pb.
  • the pair of extensions 8a one of which is visible in FIG. 1, support at their outer ends for free rotary movement an idler roll 10a, and in the same way the several pairs of extensions 9a, 8b, 9b, respectively support for free rotary movement idler rolls 11a, 10b, 11b.
  • the pair of uprights of the frame 18 of the support means support for free rotary movement in a manner described in greater detail below a pair of idler rolls 35a and 35b, shown in FIG.
  • each of the side plates 2 is shown as being provided with extensions or brackets 13a and 13b respectively fixed thereto for carrying the rolls of sheet material, these brakcets 13a and 13b being symmetrically arranged on opposite sides of the axis of the shaft 7. It is also possible to provide a different arrangement where the rolls of sheet material can be situated adjacent the ends of the side plates 2. With such an altered arrangement the extension 8a, 9a, 8b, 9b, will be arranged differently so as to provide the above relationship according to which the web of sheet material issuing from the almost exhausted roll will not engage the new roll during the time when the frame means 3 is swung in order to displace the almost exhausted roll away from the feed position while moving the new roll simultaneously into the feed position.
  • the swingable frame means 3 of the unit 1 is in a cooperative relationship with a means which senses the position of the frame means 3 so as to stop the swinging or rotary movement thereof when the second roll of sheet material Pb has reached the feed position formerly occupied by the first roll Pa, this being the position shown in FIG. 1.
  • a detection means may be provided to detect when the frame mens 3 has been turned through an angle sufficient to situate the new roll at the feed position and to then bring about a termination of the swinging of the frame means 3.
  • Such a detection means may include known optical or mechanical devices.
  • the shaft 7 is schematically illustrated, this shaft being fixed to the side plates 2 and being connected by any suitable gearing or other transmission to a reversible motor 50 which is only schematically illustrated.
  • This reversible motor 50 is shown as connected into an electrical circuit 52 so as to turn in a selected direction upon manual closing of a switch 54.
  • the manner in which the switch 54 is constructed and connected to the motor 50 to provide a selected direction of rotation thereof is well known.
  • a part of the shaft 7 which is situated beyond the stand 4 carries an extension 56 of electrically non-conductive material, and this extension carries a conductive strip 58 which in the position shown in FIG.
  • the bridging element 58 will reach a pair of contacts 61, and upon bridging across the latter will also energize the solenoid 62 so as to open the switch 54, thus automatically stopping the swinging movement of the frame means 3.
  • the frame means 3 is swung at each operation in one direction or the other through approximately 180° so that the arrangement as shown in FIG. 7 will be adequate to bring about an automatic stopping of the frame means 3 when the second roll has reached the feed position.
  • the uprights of the frame 18 of the support means support for free rotary movement a pair of elongated shafts 14a and 14b which extend horizontally between these uprights and which are supported for rotary movement by any suitable bearings, and the idler rollers 35a and 35b which define between themselves the slot or gap 12 referred to above are in the form of sleeves or tubes through which the shafts 14a and 14b extend with these idler rollers supported for free rotary movement on the shafts in any suitable way.
  • the sheet material such as paper travels through the gap or slot 12 a smoothing of the supply of the sheet material takes place.
  • the upper shaft 14a serves to swingably support the pair of arms or levers 5a of the upper combined pressing and rotating means while the lower shaft 14b serves to swingably support the arms or levers 5b of the lower combined pressing and rotating means.
  • the idler 35a is situated between the ends of the arms 5a which are swingable on the shaft 14a while the idler 35b is situated between the ends of the arms 5b which are swingable on the shaft 14b, and the arms 5b are respectively situated in the same planes as the arms 5a.
  • Sector-shaped gears 17a are also swingable on the shaft 14a and are respectively fixed to the arms 5a at the surfaces of the latter which are directed outwardly away from each other, as is apparent from FIG.
  • a pair of sector gears 17b are swingable on the shaft 14b and are fixed to the outer surfaces of the arms 5b.
  • a pair of pinions 16a carried by a suitable shaft which extends between and is supported for rotation by the uprights of the frame 18, respectively mesh with the sectors 17a and are driven by a suitable transmission from a motor 15a.
  • a pair of pinions 16b also carried by a suitable shaft which extends horizontally between the uprights of the frame 18 and which is supported for rotary movement by any suitable bearings mesh with the sectors 17b, and the pinions 16b are driven through a suitable transmission from the motor 15b.
  • These motors are supported on the right upright of FIG. 2 and are driven from any suitable source in a manner described below. As may be seen from FIG.
  • the upper arms 5a will swing from the illustrated rest position downwardly in a clockwise direction to their operating position and then back to the rest position shown in FIG. 3 while the lower arms 5b will swing upwardly from the illustrated rest position in a counterclockwise direction to the operating position and then back to the rest position.
  • the upper free ends of the arms 5a support for rotary movement an elongated horizontally extending shaft which extends through a sleeve or tubular roller 19a which forms an induction or guide roller.
  • the lower free ends of the arms 5b support for free rotary movement a horizontal shaft which extends between these arms and through a tubular lower guide or induction roller 19b.
  • These rollers 19a and 19b are freely rotatable on the latter shafts, respectively.
  • an elongated cutter 20a forming a cutting means for a purpose referred to below.
  • This cutter 20a is in the form of an elongated horizontally extending cutting blade connected at its ends to a pair of sleeves or rings which are fixed to the shaft which extends through the guide roller 19a, so that when this shaft is rotated the cutting means 20a will turn around the axis of the roller 19a.
  • the lower combined pressing and rotating means has operatively connected therewith a cutting means 20b in the form of an elongated blade fixed at its ends to the rings or sleeves which are fixed to the shaft which extends through the lower guide roller 19b.
  • the arms 5a and 5b carry at their outer ends driving motors 28a and 28b, respectively, these motors being driven in any suitable way and being operatively connected with the shaft which extends through the rollers 19a and 19b so as to turn the cutters in order to cut the sheet material in a manner referred to below.
  • a pressure roller 21a which forms an attaching means for attaching the web of the new roll to the web of the almost exhausted roll in a manner described in greater detail below.
  • This attaching roller 21a is carried by an elongated horizontally extending shaft the ends of which are supported by the free ends of a pair of arms which are connected with the shaft which extends through the guide roller 19a. Thus these arms are respectively situated outwardly beyond the rings or sleeves which connect the blade 19a to the shaft extending through the guide roller 19a.
  • These arms which thus support the shaft which carries the attaching roller 21a are connected with the shaft extending through the roller 19a in such a way that these arms will swing with this shaft when the motor 28a is energized.
  • the attaching means 21a will be operated and the cutting means 20a will also be operated.
  • the arms which carry the shaft on which the attaching means 21a is mounted may be fixed to the shaft which carries the cutter 20a or these arms may have a frictional engagement with this shaft forming a friction-clutch type of engagement according to which when the motor 28a is energized the roller 21a will press a web from the almost exhausted roll against the new roll while continued rotation of the shaft driven by the motor 28a will turn the cutter 20a through an angle sufficient to cut across the sheet material issuing from the almost exhausted roll, as will be apparent from the description which follows.
  • a pressing roller or attaching means 21b is aligned with a central portion of the lower guide roller 19b and carried by a shaft which extends between and is carried by the free ends of a pair of arms connected with the shaft extending through the roller 19b and driven by the lower motors 28b.
  • a further shaft which extends between and is carried by the arms 5a at a location somewhat closer to the slot 12 than the attaching means 21a serves to swingably support a pair of swingable arms assemblies 23a.
  • FIG. 2 shows this shaft 22a which carries the swingable arms 23a
  • the lower combined pressing and rotating means includes the shaft 22b which supports the pair of arm assemblies 23b for swinging movement.
  • the arm assemblies 23a are fixed with gears 24a which are turnable about the shaft 22a and which respectively mesh with gears 26a fixedly mount on a shaft 25a which is supported for rotation between the arms 5a and which is driven by a motor 27a.
  • a lower motor 27b drives the shaft 25b which fixedly carries the gear 26b which respectively mesh with the gears 24b which are fixed to the lower arm assemblies 23b.
  • the pair of arm assemblies 23a support for rotary movement a horizontally extending shaft which fixedly carries a pair of drive rolls 29a, and in the same way the lower arm assemblies 23b support for rotary movement a horizontally extending shaft which fixedly carries a pair of lower drive rolls 29b.
  • the attaching means 21a is aligned with the space between the drive rolls 29a and in the same way the attaching means 21b is aligned with the space between the drive rolls 29b.
  • the space between the rolls 29a is of greater length than the length of the attaching roller 21a, and the space between the rolls 29b is of greater length than the attaching roller 21b.
  • the right end of the shaft which carries the drive rolls 29a, as viewed in FIG. 2, is fixed with a pulley or sprocket wheel connected by way of an endless belt or chain 30a to a pulley or sprocket wheel which is fixed to the shaft 22a on which the gears 24a and the arm assemblies 23a are freely turnable.
  • This pulley or sprocket wheel which is fixed to the shaft 22a is driven when the shaft 22a is driven, and for this purpose the shaft 22a carries adjacent its right end, as viewed in FIG.
  • a further pulley or sprocket wheel connected to an endless belt or chain 31a which extends around a pulley or sprocket wheel fixed to the shaft 14a which is driven through a suitable transmission 32 from the motor 33.
  • the motor 33 also serves to drive the shaft 14b which fixedly carries a pulley or sprocket wheel engaging the belt or chain 31b which drives a pulley or sprocket wheel fixed to the shaft 22b so as to rotate this shaft which carries an additional pulley or sprocket wheel engaging the belt or chain 30b which engages the pulley or sprocket wheel fixed to the right end of the shaft which carries the drive rolls 29b.
  • the motor 33 is a reversible motor and through the above transmission when the drive rolls 29a are rotated in a clockwise direction, as viewed in FIG. 3, the rolls 29b are also rotated in a clockwise direction, whereas when the rolls 29b are rotated in a counterclockwise direction, the rolls 29a will also rotate in a counterclockwise direction, for a purpose referred to below.
  • the arm assemblies 23a and 23b carry known sensors for sensing the speed of rotation of the driving rolls 29a and 29b, these sensors being electrically connected with the motor 33 so as to control the latter to drive the rolls 29a and 29b at a speed which is the same as the speed with which these rolls are driven by an external force.
  • the external force will be the speed of rotation applied to the rolls 29a or 29b by the travelling web of sheet material issuing from the almost exhausted roll Pa.
  • the arms 5a carry at their outer ends optical sensors 34a while the arms 5b carry at their outer ends optical sensors 34b, and these sensors are positioned at the outer end regions of the arms 5a and 5b so as to be located outwardly beyond all of the rollers and cutters and outwardly beyond the sides of the roll Pb situated at the feed position.
  • These optical sensors will sense the outer layer of the roll Pb so as to stop the turning of the arms 5a by the motor 15a, thus determining the operating position of the upper combined pressing and rotating means.
  • the lower sensors 34b will determine the operating position of the lower combined pressing and rotating means.
  • each of the combined pressing and rotating means to its operating position can go forward without interrupting the continuous travel of sheet material from the almost exhausted roll Pa, and at the same time the operating positions will be determined in accordance with the particular diameter of the new roll Pb, so that rolls Pb of different diameters can be properly handled according to the method and apparatus of the invention.
  • FIG. 4A shows the position which the components take when a roll Pa has become almost exhausted and is to be replaced by a second roll Pb, the roll Pa being shown at the feed position in FIG. 4A.
  • the roll Pa is supported by the brackets 13a of the frame means 3 and the paper or other sheet material issues therefrom through the slot or gap 12 as described above and as is shown in FIG. 4A.
  • the second roll Pb is mounted on the frame means 3, and more particularly on the brackets 13b thereof with the parts having the position illustrated in FIG. 4A.
  • the frame means 3 When the diameter of the roll Pa has been reduced at least approximately to a given extent, the frame means 3 is swung either in a clockwise direction B or the counterclockwise direction C, as illustrated in FIG. 4A. In this way the first roll Pa will be displaced away from the feed position while the second roll Pb is moved into the feed position in the manner described above.
  • the direction of rotation of the frame means 3 is selected in accordance with the manner in which the paper is fed from the first roll Pa and is wound on the second roll Pb.
  • FIG. 5A and 5B there are two possibilities as shown in FIG. 5A and 5B.
  • some manufacturers will wind the sheet material so that the front surface F thereof is directed inwardly toward the axis of the roll Pb, as shown in FIG. 5A, while other manufacturers will wind the sheet material so that the front surface F thereof is directed outwardly away from the axis of the roll Pb, as shown in FIG. 5B, where the front surface F is indicated as opposed to the rear surface R.
  • the roll Pb is wound with the front surface F of the sheet material directed inwardly toward the axis of the roll, as shown in FIG.
  • the roll Pb which is shown in FIG. 5B will be mounted on the frame means 3 in the position shown in FIG. 5C, and the frame means 3 will be swung in the direction of the arrow C so that it becomes possible to continue the feed from the bottom of the new roll with the front surface of the sheet material directed downwardly.
  • the roll is mounted on the frame means 3 in the manner shown in FIG. 5D, so that upon swinging of the frame means 3 in the clockwise direction B it will be possible for the feed to continue from the new roll with the front surface of the sheet material still directed downwardly.
  • rollers 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b always maintain the sheet material issuing from the first roll out of engagement with the second roll during the replacement operations it is possible for the feed to go forward continuously in a smooth manner without any interruption during the replacement operations.
  • the motor 33 is energized to rotate in one direction or the other, so as to transmit a drive to the driving rolls 29a and 29b in order to rotate the latter.
  • the rolls 29a and 29b will be driven in a clockwise direction while in the case of FIG. 4C, the rolls 29a and 29b will be driven in a counterclockwise direction.
  • the rolls 29a or 29b which engage the web which continues to issue from the first roll Pa will be driven from the motor 33 and the sensors referred to above will sense the speed at which it is required to rotate the driving rolls 29a or 29b so that they will be driven without any slip between the rolls 29a or 29b and the web engaging one or the other of these pairs of driving rolls.
  • the motors 27a and 27b are energized to swing the arm assemblies 23a and 23b, thus bringing the driving rolls 29a and 29b inwardly toward the axis of the new sheet material roll Pb.
  • both of the upper and the lower combined pressing and rotating means are simultaneously swung from their rest to their operating positions.
  • the lower rolls 29b to engage directly the new roll Pb so as to participate in the rotation thereof, thus aiding the rolls 29a which act through the web which still issues from the roll Pa.
  • the driving rolls 29a and 29b rotate in a counterclockwise direction
  • only the upper combined pressing and rotating means in the case of FIG. 4B and lower combined pressing and rotating means in the case of FIG. 4C are swung to their operating positions so that the second roll Pb is driven only by way of the drive from the drive rolls as applied through the web which still issues from the almost exhausted roll.
  • each roll is provided with a triangularly shaped leader.
  • an elongated adhesive strip 76 is applied across the free end portion 72 extending beyond the latter on to part of the next inner layer 74, so that such an adhesive strip 76 will fix the outermost layer to the next inner layer and thus hole the sheet material in its wound condition on the roll. In this way unwinding is prevented during transportation of the roll.
  • the strip 76 is adhesive on both of its surfaces, so that the exposed surface of the strip 76 which is visible in FIG. 6 is composed of a pressure-sensitive adhesive material. If a sheet material is placed in engagement with this exposed surface of the adhesive strip 76 and pulled away from the layer 74, then the layer 70 will become detached from the layer 74. The reason for this is that the sheet applied to the exterior pressure-sensitive adhesive surface of the strip 76 engages the latter over a much larger area than the area of engagement between the strip 76 and the inner layer 74, and this operation is further enhanced by the fact that generally the area of contact between the strip 76 and the outermost layer 70 is also greater than the area of contact with the next layer 74, as illustrated as diagrammatically in FIG. 6.
  • the position of the driving rolls 29a with respect to the roll Pb is schematically illustrated in FIG. 6 for the case of FIG. 4B.
  • these driving rolls 29a are situated outwardly beyond the strip 76.
  • the web issuing from the almost exhausted roll Pa will not adhere to the strip 76 and instead the web will continue to travel from the almost exhausted roll Pa while the new roll Pb is rotated at a speed corresponding to the speed of travel of the web from the almost exhausted roll Pa.
  • the rolls 29b will have the same relationship with respect to the strip 76 in the case of FIG. 4C.
  • the distances between the rolls 29a or between the rolls 29b are such that these rolls will be located outwardly beyond the adhesive strip which customarily is used to connect the outermost layer to the next layer of a new roll.
  • the new roll rotates without any unwinding of the sheet material therefrom while the web from the old roll is pressed against the new roll.
  • the motors 28a in the case of FIG. 4B or 28b in the case of FIG. 4C are energized to swing the pressure roller 21a into engagement with the web issuing from the roll Pa, in the case of FIG. 4B, or the pressure roller 21b in engagement with the web issuing from the almost exhausted roll in the case of FIG. 4C.
  • this will result in pressing the web from the old roll firmly against the strip 76 so as to detach the outer layer 70 from the next inner layer 74 of the new roll, and in this way the webs from the old and new rolls are attached to each other and the unwinding from the new roll starts.
  • the pressure rollers 21a and 21b form together with the structure associated therewith an attachment-effecting means for effecting attachment of the sheet material from the second roll to the sheet material of the first roll by pressing a portion of the sheet material of the first roll against a portion of the second roll which is not engaged by the combined pressing and rotating means, the latter serving to set the second roll into rotation prior to actual effecting of the attachment of the sheet material of the second roll to that of the first roll.
  • the cutting means is situated upstream of the attaching roller 21a or 21b
  • the cutter is actuated after a predetermined time has elapsed from the instant when a change in the thickness of the paper fed through the slot 12 is first detected, indicating that the webs from the two rolls have become attached to each other.
  • a detecting means which detects the increase in the thickness resulting from the combination of the two webs can be used to actuate a cutter which can be situated downstream of the pressure roller 21a or 21b at a location suitable for cutting across the web which issues from the remnant of the almost exhausted roll Pa.
  • the timing of the operation of the components is such that the cutting means cannot operate to cut the web issuing from the old roll until this web has become attached to the web from the new roll with the latter web unwinding from the new roll.
  • the apparatus of the invention it is possible to carry out a highly accurate sheet-material connecting operation with the desired surface of the sheet material oriented in a desired direction irrespective of whether the sheet material is initially wound with this desired surface thereof directed inwardly or outwardly.
  • the method and apparatus can be used with supply rolls of different diameters. Furthermore, the operations can go forward automatically as well as accurately to carry out the transition of the supply from one roll to the next in a rapid manner while maintaining the continuous supply of sheet material without requiring the services of highly skilled operators and without in any way interrupting the supply of sheet material.

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